California Round Up: Six months to go and things ramping up.

San Diego Union Tribune write…..

Eight months ago, California voters approved Proposition 64, making the recreational use of marijuana by those 21 and older legal. In barely more than six months, state officials have to make sure Prop 64 becomes a reality by putting a legal and regulatory framework in place.

Regulations for production and sale of adult-use cannabis are due at the beginning of 2018, and the scope of the rollout is huge — including cultivation, manufacturing, testing, distribution and sales.

Other states have legalized recreational marijuana laws but California is by far the largest to do so — both in terms of population and in size of its agricultural base — and principals in every sector of the cannabis industry are watching closely.

Senate Bill 162, by state Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), would prohibit state-licensed cannabis businesses from advertising “through the use of branded merchandise, including, but not limited to, clothing, hats, or other merchandise with the name or logo of the product.” It’s a measure aimed at reducing children’s exposure to cannabis ads, but some in the industry say it amounts to legislative overreach and could end up doing more harm than good.

Last month the Senate passed the measure unanimously, 40–0, and it’s now parked in an Assembly committee.

The passage of Senate Bill 94 by the California Legislature effectively rewrote the rules for both medicinal marijuana licensing and recreational use by repealing the previous regulatory rules—the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act—and folding provisions of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act into a new act, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act.

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Canna Law Blog

Hilary Bricken writes.

California’s 5 Worst Cities and Counties for Commercial Cannabis

When it comes to cannabis the below is my list of the five worst California cities and counties for commercial cannabis activity — not shockingly, most on this list are in Southern California: